Improvement in ruffling attachments for sewing-machines



D. (3-. CARY.

Ruffling Attachment for Sewing Machines.

Patented Oct. 2, 1866.

Inve 7131/1 side viewof the attachment; and Fig. 3 shows UNITED STATESDEWITT G. GARY, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN RUFFL ING ATTACHMENTS FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 58,376, dated October2, 1866.

To all whom it may concern: v

Beit known that I, DEWIIT O. CARY, of Baltimore, in the county ofBaltimore, in the Stateof Maryland, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Sewing-Machine Attachments for Buffling or GatheringFabrics; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, andexact description of the con strnction and operation of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, makin g a part of thisspecification, in which Figure 1 is a front view of a sewing-machinewith the attachment in position; Fig. 2, a

the kind of bar used to attach the invention to another class ofmachines.

Similar letters of-reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

The attachment consists of the spiral spring B, working in the tube A,which is a segment of a circle, through which spring passes theruffling-bar B B, having at its lower end a thin plate of steel, (markedL,) curved so as to move easily over the plate of the m achiue. At theupper end of the bar B B is a nut, N, to prevent the bar from flying outof the tube when the spring relaxes. Through the lower part of theruffling'bar B B passes the pin 19, working through slots in the tube A,and holding the spiral spring R. The outer end of the pin 19 has a smallhook to attach it to the strap T. Motion is communicated to theattachment from the needle-arm of the machine by means of the strap T,the lower end of which is hooked on to the pinp and the upper endconnected to the bar I) and cap P by clamp-screw O and slotted bar S.

As the needle -arm rises the bar B B is drawn up ready to make the plaitor rnffling; as the arm descends the steel plate or rnffler L, operatingupon the fabric, shoves it to its place under the spring g, where it isheld until, being operated upon by the regular feed of the machine, itis carried under the needle and stitched, from whence it passes outgathered or ruffled, the spring-detent g holding the work from beingdrawn back by the return of the ruffler L.

By means of the slotted bar S and clamps'crew O the gathering or rnffling may be made head of the machine by means of the. bar D.

This is the manner of attaching to all machines of the Howe and Willcox&IGibbs class.-

To the Wheeler & Wilson and Grover & Baker class it maybe attached bymeans of a bar similar to D to the plate of machine, altering the shapeof the bar, as shown in Fig. 3, in which (I is the bar and A thesegmental tube or guide.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The curved or segmental guide A, in the described combination, withthe bar B carrying a ruffling-plate, L.

2. The spring B, when employed in connection with the ruffling-plate Land bar B, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The connecting-strap T, connected to the head of the needle-bar orother suitable needleoperating mechanism,-to actuate the rufflingdevice, substantially as described.

I 4. In combination with the aforesaid ruf fling mechanism A B L, theslotted bar S and clamp-screw (3, for varying the fineness of theruftling.

5. The spring-detent g, constructed and employed as described, to holdthe work .from being drawn back by the return motion of the ruffler. I

DE Wrrr c. GARY.

Witnesses:

G. T. SHEPHERD, JAMES W. BEALL.

